I had been a fairly good student ever since my childhood. My parents felt that I was gifted and intelligent. I never had to struggle to complete my syllabus or pass my exams. I was a happy go lucky person who took life as it came. This way I could enjoy the sports and music classes that I loved the most. Dramatics period set my aspirations soaring as I would practice my lines on the stage. Life was going as usual when my father got the news that he had been transferred to a new city. To tell the truth I had mixed feelings associated with this news. I had been studying in a Hindi Medium school and there in the new city admission was available in an English medium school. It was a very big and important decision for me. I realized that this can be a make or break decision for me. For my father it was the choice to choose a job responsibility in a bigger role in a bigger city. On the other hand he had my future in mind. I had a lengthy discussion with him and then we arrived at the decision that at some point in my life I would have to make the move to switch streams or switch to English medium. Then why not now? He felt that studying in a new city and bigger school would widen my perspective and horizon. So I agreed to move to the new city ,relocate and #StartANewLife.
Initially everything seemed quite new and unfamiliar. My father and mother got accustomed to the new city . I found the new school and academic environment challenging to begin with. Then I began to make new friends and my class teacher started mentoring me and guiding me in adjusting to the new environment. I started studying with a new found focus that I had lacked until this point in life. As I was a year away from my board exams this new found focus and vigor came at a very opportune time. For every student the board exams are like the final of a big tournament. For me I was beginning to peak and find form right before the final of a big game of life. This was a big positive for me that helped me accomplish a task that seemed almost impossible to do. The risk of moving to a new city and the opportunity to #StartANewLife had paid off. So the next year when I gave the board exams I had no difficulty in attempting the papers in the English medium. When the results came I passed with very good marks and got the subjects of my choice. Looking back I feel had I not only conquered a big mountain and overcome all the obstacles but learned the skill to negotiate all the challenges that would come in my life ahead.
Initially everything seemed quite new and unfamiliar. My father and mother got accustomed to the new city . I found the new school and academic environment challenging to begin with. Then I began to make new friends and my class teacher started mentoring me and guiding me in adjusting to the new environment. I started studying with a new found focus that I had lacked until this point in life. As I was a year away from my board exams this new found focus and vigor came at a very opportune time. For every student the board exams are like the final of a big tournament. For me I was beginning to peak and find form right before the final of a big game of life. This was a big positive for me that helped me accomplish a task that seemed almost impossible to do. The risk of moving to a new city and the opportunity to #StartANewLife had paid off. So the next year when I gave the board exams I had no difficulty in attempting the papers in the English medium. When the results came I passed with very good marks and got the subjects of my choice. Looking back I feel had I not only conquered a big mountain and overcome all the obstacles but learned the skill to negotiate all the challenges that would come in my life ahead.
#StartANewLife.
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